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IF more women were trained to use their own firearm to defend themselves that statistic would drop to zero. Thank you for posting Qwapisking.

"IF more women were trained to use their own firearm to defend themselves that statistic would drop to zero."

Thanks for the uncommon common sense Qwapisking.

Regarding federal government remedies for domestic violence, the drafters of the Constitution required the untrusted feds to STAND DOWN to such violence unless a state formally requests federal assistance to help stop it.

"Article IV, Section 4: The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence [emphases added]."

In fact, Justice Joseph Story had noted that constitutional drafters made Article IV, Section 4 because they didn't want the untrusted feds to dream up excuses to stick their big noses (my words) into the affairs of the sovereign states.

”§ 1819. It may not be amiss further to observe, (in the language of another commentator,) that every pretext for intermeddling with the domestic concerns of any state, under colour of protecting it against domestic violence, is taken away by that part of the provision, which renders an application from the legislature, or executive authority of the state endangered necessary to be made to the general government, before its interference can be at all proper [emphasis added]. On the other hand, this article becomes an immense acquisition of strength, and additional force to the aid of any state government, in case of an internal rebellion, or insurrection against its authority. The southern states, being more peculiarly open to danger from this quarter, ought (he adds) to be particularly tenacious of a constitution, from which they may derive such assistance in the most critical periods.” —Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, Article 4, Section 4.

So while Rosemarie Hidalgo's concern for domestic violence is commendable, it remains that the feds have no constitutional standing to dictate remedies for such violence.

"From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added]." —United States v. Butler, 1936.

Finally, let's not allow the anti-Trump media try to fade our memories of what we witnessed on July 13.